Egypt B738 at Milan on Nov 10th 2012, rejected takeoff thrice
Last Update: November 13, 2012 / 16:33:14 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 10, 2012
Classification
Incident
Cause
Rejected takeoff
Airline
Egypt Air
Flight number
MS-706
Departure
Milan Malpensa, Italy
Destination
Cairo, Egypt
Aircraft Registration
SU-GCZ
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
Following maintenance activities the aircraft attempted another departure, upon accelerating the engines for takeoff the crew received the same fault indication again and rejected takeoff at low speed again. The aircraft returned to the apron for maintenance action.
Following another attempt to repair the aircraft maintenance signed the aircraft off again and the crew attempted another departure, however the same fault occurred again and the takeoff was rejected at low speed a third time.
The third attempt to repair the aircraft finally succeeded, the aircraft departed on the fourth takeoff and reached Cairo with a delay of 5.5 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 10, 2012
Classification
Incident
Cause
Rejected takeoff
Airline
Egypt Air
Flight number
MS-706
Departure
Milan Malpensa, Italy
Destination
Cairo, Egypt
Aircraft Registration
SU-GCZ
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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